Presentation knowledge session PRINCE2 with Scrum (Dutch) published
My (Dutch) presentation on the combination of PRINCE2 and Scrum is published on slideshare. One warning though. In 1.5 hours it isn't possible to explain all the details of both PRINCE2 and Scrum, so I didn't. I told a little bit about Scrum and almost nothing about PRINCE2. The presentation was mostly about the specifics [...]
Where Gemba is found in projects
Three words: Gemba, Kaikaku, Kaizen. Gemba means ‘the place truth can be found’. Kaikaku means ‘radical improvement’. Kaizen means ‘gradual improvement’. Projects are all about change. Usually we’re talking about a large change (Kaikaku). That’s why it’s a project: a temporary organization with a specific goal. You might also argue that an agile project approach [...]
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Booklist
Planned books:
- Making Sense of Change Management: A Complete Guide to the Models, Tools and Techniques of Organizat by Esther Cameron, Mike Green
- Freedom from Command by John Seddon
- Do the Right Thing: How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal Customers and Large Profits by James F. Parker
- Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) by Garr Reynolds
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
Current books:
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Managing portfolios of change with MSP for programmes and PRINCE2 for projects: Integrating MSP and by Chris Venning
Recent books:
- Het Groot Werkvormenboek / druk 1: dé inspiratiebron voor resultaatgerichte prestaties, vergaderinge by S. Dirkse-Hulscher, A. Talen
- Managing successful programmes: Office of Government Commerce by Rod Sowden … [et al.]
- Performance Leadership: The Next Practices to Motivate Your People, Align Stakeholders, and Lead You by Frank Buytendijk
- Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton
- Knowing-Doing Gap, The: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I Sutton
